Britain’s population will rise by 10% to nearly 74 million people in 2036, official projections revealed on Tuesday, with net immigration boosting the number exponentially.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) says this sharp increase is almost entirely due to net migration (which is expected to account for 6.1 million people of the projected population increase), with a further jump of nearly 3 million people over the next 10 years. It was revealed that it would continue. .
Over the 15 years from mid-2021 to mid-2036, the UK population is projected to grow by 6.6 million people.
This includes 541,000 more births than deaths and 6.1 million net international migration. pic.twitter.com/MvQLfWi1Iq
— Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) January 30, 2024
The National Statistics Agency has released population estimates based on the 2021 census for the first time. financial times report.
All numbers are estimates and not forecasts, as they are based on current and historical trends.
The ONS said actual future levels of migration and population could be higher or lower and would be “influenced by policy changes and the effects of as-yet-unknown migration patterns”. said.
We also revised our assumptions about the long-term level of net international migration (we expect it to stabilize at 315,000 from 2028 onwards) and natural population growth.
Britain will see an additional 1 million immigrants before next election, government warnshttps://t.co/9z55d9GbLQ
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) May 17, 2023
The UK’s population is expected to grow by 6.6 million people in the 15 years between mid-2021 and mid-2036, or 9.9% from an estimated 67 million to 73.7 million, the ONS said.
The increase includes 541,000 more births than deaths and 6.1 million net international movements, both of which are ahead of British Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s earlier pledge to tackle mass migration. This is an increase that ignores the company’s public commitments.
Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) staff help migrants disembark from a lifeboat after they were picked up at sea while crossing the English Channel on the south-east coast of England on June 15, 2022. (Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images)
In comments sent to Breitbart London, Arp Mehmet, chairman of Immigration Watch UK, said: “This population growth is the equivalent of five cities the size of Birmingham, and over just 15 years, more than 90 per cent has been due to immigration. It is also clear that net immigration, on which ONS projections are based, has already been exceeded. I also know.
“Governments must take strong action now to reduce the number of cases before it is too late.”
Pigs fly: Sunak vows to reduce legal immigration numbers https://t.co/AaP54vUssK
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) May 19, 2023
Last year, Mr Sunak said: “On the topic of legal immigration, I want to be very clear: I think the numbers are too high and I am committed to reducing them… We are considering options and will discuss them in more detail in the near future. ”
Nigel Farage answered bluntly: The big lie about immigration continues, this time perpetrated by Rishi Sunak. ”
The 2019 Conservative party manifesto promised that “the numbers will fall”.
